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How Do Med Schools View Nontrads With Limited Clinical Experience? | Ask Dr. Gray Ep. 105
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2024
- Med schools understand that nontraditional premeds are BUSY with work, parenting, and more. But there's a reason why I still say clinical experience is mandatory as a premed. Listen in as I chat about it with a premed mom struggling to find clinical experiences in her area!
Here's last week's episode I mentioned, about being a stay-at-home mom before medical school: • Can I Be a Stay-at-Hom...
So, our student this week is a nontraditional premed asking about how medical schools view your limited extracurricular activities when you have a busy schedule. Specifically, she asks about limited clinical experience.
In my answer, I share:
- The real reasons to get clinical experience.
- Why clinical experience is so important for premeds.
- How to find time to get clinical experience on the side.
- My actual BIGGEST fear for premeds who lack clinical experience.
- Does ski patrol count as clinical experience?
- Where to look for clinical experience in a rural environment?
- Why I often recommend hospice as a clinical experience.
- Remote options for clinical experience.
- Is being a pharmacy tech clinical experience?
We also talk about:
- Balancing MCAT prep with working, being a mom, and everything else.
- What is "yield protection" when it comes to med school admissions?
- Why admissions can be so complicated and you can't just compare your numbers to other students.
- Why stories about shadowing experiences are typically pretty weak to include in a personal statement, compared to stories of working with patients yourself.
- When I recommend to start working on your personal statement.
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I loved her story, best of luck!!
Good luck on your MCAT
Wow I had no idea about yield protection
Hi Dr. Gray! Will we be getting any more Application Renovation or Mission: Accepted videos soon?
I second the motion!
Maybe someone who isnt a non-trad?
As a parent I need all the information I can get as a nontraditional student. Any advice for how to show leadership through parenting. I believe that is a lot in itself lol. Please help Dr. Gray!!!!!!
There are opportunities out there to get experience even through phone. I am volunteering in a hospice and also with a senior program just checking on them and looking for medical resources they might need and connecting them with physicians. My family and kids worth more than me like a crazy person getting experience in a hospital and exposing everyone around me.
Having been a nurse for a year and half has made me realize I want to become a physician. Though I haven't started on my bachelor's degree and my associate degree gpa is a c. Not sure how to begin rectifying it
That’s interesting, what makes you want to be a physician?
@@andressmith1414 I have many reasons why I want to become a physician but I would say the main reasons are I want more autonomy in caring for my patients and creating their plan of care. I also work in a rural state that is in dire need of physicians I would like to be able to help address that need. The physician shortage was so bad that my hospitals med-surg unit was going to have to close because we didn't have a hospitalist and the cheif of surgery had to be the hospitalist for the day.
@@anthonymarquez6493 👍
Step 1. Get that BA/BS, take physics, ochem, calc, gen chem.
Hey Dr. Gray! I recently started a new position as a catering assistant at my hospital. I work closely with the nursing staff and interact with patients on my floors often (to take their food order and deliver their food according to their diet orders). However, I do not interact very often, if at all, with physicians in my unit. Will this still count as clinical experience? Thank you. I really appreciate your channel!
I would say no
Dr.Gray, I am super scared. I have tried and tried to get come clinical experience and shadowing done but due to covid no one is accepting. What do you recommend I do? I have applied to being a scribe or Even a receptionist to try to at least get a shot of shadowing a physician.
There are various virtual volunteering and shadowing opportunities available online, just look them up. Although they'll not be as good as the in-person experiences but they're better than nothing and the admissions committee will also have to consider the restrictions due to Covid19! Hope this helps :)
My son has high MCAT,great gpa,two great majors from really great school,with limited clinical experience (due to covid they can’t work with any health clinic)applied to many medical school but not getting many interviews?its really frustrating and sad.he is going to consult from you.where is a problem in his application?
He can become a CNA (training takes only 6 weeks) and work in a nursing home or as a HHA. There’s a huge demand for CNA and in most cases he can set his own hours. It’s very easy to get direct patient care this way.
@@Naogostoumorra is that really a way to get clinical experience?
@@syedhamdani9036 yes, one of the best, because it’s a hands-on experience, and due to its nature, it shows you’re humble and compassionate. Medicine is not only glamour, you gotta prove you know how what you are getting into.
@@Naogostoumorra how do you know this, did you ask anyone ?
@@syedhamdani9036 this is a pretty well-know fact in the pre med community. Dr. Gray mentioned this several times in this channel and in his podcast.
How do you get on this show lol
Am I the only one who thinks it's kinda selfish for pre-meds to try and get in-person clinical experience? You're exposing yourself and others around you for the sake of your personal gain...
Hopefully pre-med students want/get in-clinical experience for everyone's gain through something like EMT, MA, etc. Obviously this is now more difficult with COVID-19 but not impossible. Then interviews/apps try to sift through those that are in it just for themselves.
@@Ringwraath If you live in a densely populated city it's pretty much impossible... :/
I agree with you
I believe it’s not selfish at all. It’s not just exposing yourself to others amidst the pandemic, but you are helping patients overall while abiding by the rules and regulations. Pre meds, CNA, EMT etc are not just standing around without masks, infecting others with a possibility of them having COVID. They are following social distancing guidelines and hand washing techniques than anybody else. They are willing to get their hands dirty, and risk their life for the sake of others. And I think that says a lot about a student and not just selfish
@@zaso0214 Yes, certified people are indeed helping. But your beat around the bush pre med volunteer? They aren’t really necessary and the risk reward balance is a little tipped there...